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Date:      Mon, 25 Nov 2019 22:35:18 -0800
From:      Chris <bsd-lists@BSDforge.com>
To:        Artem Viklenko <artem@viklenko.net>
Cc:        <freebsd-net@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: How to remove watchdog?
Message-ID:  <a0793bc91ef3ab05a8ac554d023c0451@udns.ultimatedns.net>
In-Reply-To: <a326ce0a-2d9c-a357-13c2-9d027b933dc8@viklenko.net>

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On Tue, 26 Nov 2019 07:55:11 +0200 Artem Viklenko artem@viklenko=2Enet said

> Hi!
>=20
> I have several small boxes with realtek nics acting as a router/firewall=2E
> Also had same issues=2E FreeBSD driver didn't work at least for me so I=20
> switched to Realtek's driver=2E But after some time traffic stops passing=
=20
> my routers=2E Did some investigation and found that the issue is 9k mbufs=2E
> As far as I understand more traffic you push more issues with 9k mbufs
> appears due to memory fragmentation=2E
> You can check it with 'vmstat -z | grep mbuf'=2E

Hah! I wondered about that=2E It *appeared* to be due to increaded load on
the NIC -- hence our interest in upping to 10G NICs=2E

>=20
> So I decided to do wery dirty hack - I've changed Jumbo_Frame_9k
> to Jumbo_Frame_4k in the if_re=2Ec from Realtek's latest 1=2E95 driver=2E
> It comiles and work on FreeBSD 10=2Ex and 11=2Ex and now it just works
> (vendor says that driver is for older versions of the FreeBSD OS)=2E
> And no more issues=2E
>=20
> ITEM                   SIZE  LIMIT     USED     FREE      REQ FAIL SLEEP
>=20
> mbuf_packet:            256, 2362080,       2,    1263, 2054916,   0,   0
> mbuf:                   256, 2362080,     514,    1776,3460790080,   0,  =
 0
> mbuf_cluster:          2048, 369076,    1265,      31,  154081,   0,   0
> mbuf_jumbo_page:       4096, 184537,     513,     294,1592339809,   0,   =
0
> mbuf_jumbo_9k:         9216,  54677,       0,       0,       0,   0,   0
> mbuf_jumbo_16k:       16384,  30756,       0,       0,       0,   0,   0
>=20
> Now driver use mbuf_jumbo_page not mbuf_jumbo_9k and no fails=2E
>=20
> I'm ok with mtu 1500 in my environment and I don't know if mtu 9000 will
> work with this change=2E But at least it is stable now even after 100 days
> of uptime (just rebooted after upgraded to 11=2E3-RELEASE-p5)=2E

Thank you *very* much, Artem=2E I'll have a closer look=2E I'm thinking of
taking your concept, and upping it to 7k=2E I'll post back, if anything good
comes of it=2E :)

>=20
> Hope this helps=2E

It does=2E :)

--Chris
>=20
>=20
> 26=2E11=2E19 02:44, Chris =D0=BF=D0=B8=D1=88=D0=B5:
> > Or at least make it non fatal=2E
> > OK here's the story; I'm experimenting with a multiport NIC (re(4))
> > as we hope to start using multiport 10G NICs=2E
> > Any of the re's we've used in the past have been very stable, which
> > is why I picked the one I did for this experiment=2E This one has been
> > performing rock solid for some 4 to 6 mos, under full time use=2E That
> > is until the last week=2E Where we're seeing:
> > watchdog timeout
> > repeated frequently=2E Which is ultimately fatal=2E ifconfig up/down will
> > not resuscitate it=2E Nor will service ifconfig restart, or plugging/
> > unplugging the cable(s)=2E Bouncing the server is the only cure=2E Which
> > is unacceptable=2E Any, and All suggestions, or insight into the matter
> > GREATLY appreciated=2E Note; while this is an old 11=2E1, we're not plannin=
g
> > to up this box until we can confirm this can be cured=2E :)
> >=20
> > Details follow:
> > 11=2E1-STABLE r327867 amd64
> >=20
> > watchdog timeout
> > watchdog timeout
> > watchdog timeout
> > watchdog timeout
> > watchdog timeout
> > watchdog timeout
> > watchdog timeout
> > watchdog timeout
> > watchdog timeout
> > watchdog timeout
> > watchdog timeout
> > watchdog timeout
> >=20
> > rc=2Econf(5)
> > ifconfig_re0=3D"inet AA=2EBBB=2ECC=2EXX netmask 255=2E255=2E255=2E0 rxcsum txcsum t=
so4"
> > ifconfig_re1=3D"inet AA=2EBBB=2ECC=2EWW netmask 255=2E255=2E255=2E0 rxcsum txcsum t=
so4"
> > ifconfig_re1_alias0=3D"inet AA=2EBBB=2ECC=2EZZ netmask 255=2E255=2E255=2E0"
> >=20
> > ifconfig(8)
> > re0: flags=3D8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu =
1500
> >=20
> >  =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0options=3D8219b<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HW=
TAGGING,VLAN_HWCSUM,TSO4,WOL_MAGIC,LINKSTATE>
> >  =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0ether 00:13:3b:0f:13:44
> >  =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0hwaddr 00:13:3b:0f:13:44
> >  =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0inet6 fe80::213:3bff:fe0f:1344%re0 prefixlen 6=
4 scopeid 0x1=20
> >  =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0inet AA=2EBBB=2ECC=2EXX netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast=
 24=2E113=2E41=2E255=20
> >  =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0nd6 options=3D23<PERFORMNUD,ACCEPT_RTADV,AUTO_=
LINKLOCAL>
> >  =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseT <full-du=
plex>)
> >  =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0status: active
> > re1: flags=3D8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu =
1500
> >=20
> >  =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0options=3D8219b<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HW=
TAGGING,VLAN_HWCSUM,TSO4,WOL_MAGIC,LINKSTATE>
> >  =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0ether 00:13:3b:0f:13:45
> >  =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0hwaddr 00:13:3b:0f:13:45
> >  =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0inet AA=2EBBB=2ECC=2EWW netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast=
 24=2E113=2E41=2E255=20
> >  =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0inet AA=2EBBB=2ECC=2EZZ netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast=
 24=2E113=2E41=2E255=20
> >  =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0inet6 fe80::213:3bff:fe0f:1345%re1 prefixlen 6=
4 scopeid 0x2
> >  =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0nd6=20
> > options=3D23<PERFORMNUD,ACCEPT_RTADV,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
> >  =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseT <full-du=
plex>)
> >  =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0status: active
> > lo0: flags=3D8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 16384
> >  =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0options=3D600003<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,RXCSUM_IPV6,TXC=
SUM_IPV6>
> >  =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=
=C2=A0inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64
> >  scopeid=20
> > 0x3 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0inet 127=2E0=2E0=2E1 netmask 0xff000000 =C2=A0=
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0nd6=20
> > options=3D21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
> >  =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0groups: lo
> > pciconf(8)
> > re0@pci0:5:0:0:=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 class=3D0x020000 card=3D0x012310ec ch=
ip=3D0x816810ec=20
> > rev=3D0x07 hdr=3D0x00
> >  =C2=A0=C2=A0 vendor=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =3D 'Realtek Semiconductor=
 Co=2E, Ltd=2E'
> >  =C2=A0=C2=A0 device=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =3D 'RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI=
 Express Gigabit Ethernet=20
> > Controller'
> >  =C2=A0=C2=A0 class=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =3D network
> >  =C2=A0=C2=A0 subclass=C2=A0=C2=A0 =3D ethernet
> > re1@pci0:6:0:0:=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 class=3D0x020000 card=3D0x012310ec ch=
ip=3D0x816810ec=20
> > rev=3D0x07 hdr=3D0x00
> >  =C2=A0=C2=A0 vendor=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =3D 'Realtek Semiconductor=
 Co=2E, Ltd=2E'
> >  =C2=A0=C2=A0 device=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =3D 'RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI=
 Express Gigabit Ethernet=20
> > Controller'
> >  =C2=A0=C2=A0 class=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =3D network
> >  =C2=A0=C2=A0 subclass=C2=A0=C2=A0 =3D ethernet
> >=20
> > Thanks again!
> >=20
> > --Chris
> >=20
> >=20
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>=20
> --=20
> Regards!





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